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Website. Judd Hirsch on Instagram. Judd Seymore Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American actor. He is known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John (1988–1992), and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs (2005–2010).
Taxi: Created by James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, David Davis, Ed. Weinberger. With Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza. The staff of a New York City taxicab company go about their job while they dream of greater things.
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Actor: The Fabelmans. Judd Hirsch is an American actor from New York City. His main claim to fame is playing taxicab driver Alex Reiger in the hit sitcom Taxi (1978). For this role, Hirsch twice won the "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series." He has since had a long career.
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Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Tony Danza, and Judd Hirsch in Taxi (1978)- Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza, and Judd Hirsch in Taxi (1978)
- Mandy Patinkin, Judd Hirsch, and Regina Baff in Taxi (1978)
- Mandy Patinkin and Judd Hirsch in Taxi (1978)
- Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, and Jonas Abry in Running on Empty (1988)
- River Phoenix and Judd Hirsch in Running on Empty (1988)
- Judd Hirsch, Maz Jobrani, David Koechner, Jermaine Fowler, Rell Battle, and Diane Guerrero in Superior Donuts (2017)
Alex Reiger (Judd Hirsch) – Alex is the main protagonist in the sitcom, the compassionate, level-headed core of the show; the one everyone else turns to for advice. At one point, he reveals his anxiety with this unwanted burden.
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- 114 (list of episodes)
- September 12, 1978 –, June 15, 1983
- THE SERIES WAS INSPIRED BY A MAGAZINE ARTICLE. When The Mary Tyler Moore Show ended its successful seven-season run, co-creator James L. Brooks formed a new production company, the John Charles Walters Company, with David Davis, Ed.
- TONY DANZA WAS "DISCOVERED" IN THE BOXING RING. In the mid-1970s “Tough” Tony Danza was a professional boxer who trained at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn.
- "TONY BANTA" STARTED OUT AS "PHIL RYAN." The original boxer character Brooks had in mind was an Irish heavyweight named Phil Ryan, but he liked Danza’s audition enough to tailor the part to the actor.
- THE PRODUCERS WANTED JUDD HIRSCH, BUT HIRSCH DIDN'T WANT A SERIES. Judd Hirsch was primarily a stage actor who had done a few films. In 1977 he guest starred on two episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show spin-off Rhoda, and decided that he didn’t enjoy working on television.
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Sep 29, 2014 · Judd Hirsch: I’ve changed the name of some of the characters I’ve worked on—two of them—and I would’ve changed this one, too, but I didn’t have the chance. [Laughs.] [Laughs.]
